Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Osborn family]
Transcription
To mr. and mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn Near Zanzibar Jan. 31, 1912Dear FriendsWhat a lot of wild water has been roaring between us since those blessed Castle Rock days. But roll and roar as it might yon have never been out of heart sight.How often I've wished you with me on the best of my wanderings so full of good things guided by wonderful luck, or shall I reverently thankfully say Providence. Anyhow it seems that I've had the most fruitful time of my life on this pair of hot continents. But I must not try to write my gains, for they are utterly unletterable both in size and kind. I'll tell what I can when I see you, probably in three months or less. From Cape Town I went north to the Zambese Baobab forests and Victoria Falls and thence down through a glacial wonderland to Beira, where I caught this steamer and am on my way to Mombasa and the Nyanza lake region. From Mombasa I intend starting homeward via Suez and Naples and New York fondly hoping to find you well. In the meantime I'm sending lots of wireless tireless love messages to each and every Osborn, for I am ever faithfully yoursJohn Muir05148
Location
[Zanzibar, E. Africa]
Date Original
1912 Jan 31
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Osborn family], 1912 Jan 31." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6215.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6215
Resource Identifier
muir20_0797-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0797
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
